Scholarship Overview

  • Country: USA
  • Scholarship Type: Merit-based
  • Institutions: Boston University
  • Funded by: Boston University
  • Tuition Type: Full tuition
  • Degree Program: Undergraduate
  • Scholarship Amount: Full Tuition Waiver
  • Separate Application Required?: Yes
  • Deadline: 1 December, 2024.

Scholarship Benefits

The Trustee Scholarship provides full coverage of tuition and required student fees for undergraduate studies. This scholarship can be renewed for four years, provided the recipient meets specific criteria.

Eligibility

Annually, Boston University selects around 20 exceptional students for the Trustee Scholars Program. Many of these scholars achieved perfect 4.0 GPAs and top class rankings in high school.

International students are also eligible.

Beyond just academic excellence, Trustee Scholars exhibit intellectual curiosity and diverse experiences or accomplishments. They are well-rounded individuals, not merely high-performing students. At BU, these scholars join a distinctive campus community with abundant intellectual, cultural, and social opportunities.

How to apply

To be considered for the Trustee Scholarship:

Submit the Common Application and all admission materials for a BU undergraduate degree program by December 1.

As part of your BU application, complete the Trustee Scholarship essay on the Common Application.

The Trustee Scholarship Essay:

Please choose from one of the two prompts below and submit one essay, in 600 words or less, as part of your application through the Common Application.

  1. Nobel laureate and BU professor Elie Wiesel once said: “There is divine beauty in learning… To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps. The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the sum total of their experiences, their quests.” Is there a book, film, podcast or life- experience that has made you feel more connected to your personal history/identity, and what is the most important thing you learned from it?

  2. Describe a time when you felt out of your comfort zone or marginalized in a situation. How did you respond to that moment and how has it informed your actions moving forward?

Official Website

https://www.bu.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/scholarships-financial-aid/first-year-merit/trustee/